CONTENTS Spring 2013

SPRING 2013

EDITOR’S MIXING BOWL

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WHAT’S IN SEASON

EAST BAY BOOKSHELF
Michael Pollan on cooking
Inspiring garden design
Christopher Shein on permaculture
A crowd-sourced food atlas

COMAL + WATER2TABLE
Chef has a line on the best local, sustainable seafood

A DIFFERENT WAY OF FARMING
By farmer Mike Madison

SEVEN STARS OF SPRING
And a pork stir-fry recipe
from Jessica Prentice

MADE FROM SCRATCH
Commercial kitchens with a community focus

THE EAST BAY AVOCADO
Invisible no longer
Avocado Homelands
Synergy, Sharing and Rescues
Avocado Growing Guide

LAST BITE
Baking the new old way

DIGITAL EDITION

Cristian with mom, Gaby (photo courtesy of Cristian Guerrero)

Cristian with mom, Gaby (photo courtesy of Cristian Guerrero)

ABOUT OUR COVER ARTIST

Cristian Guerrero has been creating art for 20 years. Originally from Chile, he came to the Bay Area 35 years ago, and has lived most of that time in Oakland. He has a library job at UC Berkeley and enjoys spending his off hours with his family (including two beautiful kitties), eating oysters, drinking microbrewery beer, reading, and listening to music.

After their daughter, Olivia, was born, Cristian and his wife, Suzanne, moved to Walnut Creek so Olivia could be near her grandparents. The proximity to his 86-year-old mother, Gaby, resulted in a fun and creative art collaboration for Cris when Gaby decided to try combining her son’s drawings and colors with her embroidery skills. The pieces shown on this page are some of the results.